Men that never help a fellow man, men whose object seeems to be to accumulate, and accumulate. Harsh men, but fortunately they are few.

I could name dozens, of the most excellent characters that the broad acres of sand hills have developed into giants of character, men like Festus Caruthers, only perhaps few that have attained the high degree of usefulness to the world. Festus Caruthers, in one instance, gave a young man three different starts on the right road to prosperity, before he stuck to it and struck his gait. But he will be found now over near the Boiling Springs, with a fine ranch. There are several others that owe to Caruthers their inspiration and start to success. Caruthers is not alone, but he is a stalwart example of the sand hills product. There was Charlie Tulleys, one of the best of sand hills men, but his life was cut short some years ago. There is Chas. C. Jameson, and Ed. Myers and Heber Hord, and scores of others that have made big men, and it has not spoiled them. They have made good, and their stewardship has been all right.

There are the Modisetts, Irwin, Cravath. Coffee, Musser, stalwart characters of the cattle days ; there are Eugene E. Thompson, David Briggs, William G. Wilson and Herman Krause, who have carried all the modern conveniences into their ranch homes. Of the smaller ranches there are many worthy of especial mention, among which we find Frank E. Jesse, Frank H. Palmer, Leonard Boyer, Frank C. Reeves, Henry Heir, Jacob Herman, Cecil C. Wilson and Leslie Ballinger. These men have joined with others in making the, sand hills a good place to live.